Joan Christine Harlow Wheeler, 78, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2017 surrounded by her family at Hunter Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rocky Mount.
Joan was born July 4, 1938 in Halifax County to the late Clarence Cleveland Harlow and Callree Alligood Harlow. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Frank Wheeler; her daughter, Penny Jennings; her brother, Charles W. Harlow and her brother-in-law, Charles T. Davis.
Joan was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and sister. She loved being a C.N.A. and working in the Emergency Room where she retired from Halifax Regional Medical Center. Above all else she loved her Lord and Savior. She was also a longtime member of Harvest Temple Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Joan is survived by her daughter, Peggy Bulluck and her husband Bruce of Nashville, NC; her special companion, Toby; her grandchildren, Carla Leigh Freeman, Leann Jennings Tucker and her husband Jake, Andrew Jennings and Melissa Jennings; her great-grandchildren, Makaleigh Wynn, Ryne Harlow, Taylor-Jane O’Neil and Melody Annaleigh; her sister, Yvonne Harlow Davis of Chester, VA; her sister-in-law Barbara Harlow of Wilmington, NC; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Harvest Temple Pentecostal Church with Rev. Norwood Starling and Rev. Chuck Davis officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery in Weldon. The family will receive friends from 6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Hockaday Funeral and Cremation Service.
Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com.